Figuring Out exact farm account

sns 9,241 Reputation points
2023-02-10T04:03:40.1033333+00:00

I am clear which is farm account, but I want to get it clarified on figuring out SharePoint farm account.

Navigated to CA==> Security--> Manage Farm Administrators group

Now my question is,

  1. is below mentioned are farm accounts?
  2. Accounts mentioned in the below administrators account also farm account, am i correct?
  3. is there any PowerShell command to figure out farm account? and which one to use for any 3rd party applications deployment in the SharePoint farm?

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  1. AllenXu-MSFT 23,741 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-02-10T07:00:28.3933333+00:00

    Hi @sns,

    1. Yes, they are SharePoint Farm Administrator accounts.
    2. Yes, Farm account contains SharePoint Farm Administrator account and SharePoint Farm Service account. Also, an account may be both a SharePoint Farm Administrator account and a SharePoint Farm Administrator account.
    3. To retrieve the Farm Administrator accounts using PowerShell:
    $WebApp = get-spwebapplication -includecentraladministration | where-object {$_.DisplayName -like "SharePoint Central Administration*"}
    $Web = Get-SPweb($WebApp.Url)
    $FarmAdminGroup = $Web.SiteGroups["Farm Administrators"]
    $FarmAdminGroup.users
    

    To retrieve the Farm service accounts using PowerShell:

    (Get-SPFarm).DefaultServiceAccount.Name
    

    To deploy 3rd party applications in the SharePoint farm, use this article to plan, configure, and maintain apps: Resources for apps for SharePoint. In you case, you can use the Farm Administrator account "SharePoint 2016 setup TST" account to deploy the 3rd party application.


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